Chapter 194: The Ice God's Successor?

"Huuu...." Huo Yuhao let out a deep breath and opened his eyes, a surge of soul power rushing through his body and out, causinthe temperature in the room to drop significantly and covered the floor beneath his leg in ice.

Several hours had passed, just before the Sun rose, and he had finally absorbed the left arm soul bone of the Ice Jade Scorpion.

Soul power 46! Huo Yuhao realized as he circulated his soul power according to the Heavenly Tempering Soul Technique.

Huo Yuhao raised his left arm and clenched his hand, feeling his physical strength had increased but his left arm was expectedly much stronger than his other limbs.

'As expected, the Ice God's Bone had devoured the soul bone, but....' He outstretched his hand, and almost instantaneously from his fingers to his elbow turned crystal emerald, radiating a powerful, icy aura. His entire left arm gleamed with the chilling energy of Ultimate Ice, and the temperature in the room plummeted even further.

His left arm had took on the appearance of the left arm soul bone of the Ice Jade Scorpion!

'But this is a surprise. Not only did the Ice God's Bone not devour the energy in the soul bone—which led to the increase of my soul power and my left arm's physical strength, but it retained its soul skill and changed my human arm to take on the physical characteristics of the soul bone!'

Huo Yuhao marveled at the transformation of his left arm, the 1,000kg of weight from the bracelet around his left wrist seemed non-existent now. The emerald crystal shimmered with icy brilliance, and the power of Ultimate Ice radiated from it with overwhelming intensity.

The change of his human arm was similar to the characteristic of a external soul bone, as if his arm had been encased by armor, but that wasn't the case—the change was at a deeper, more intrinsic level. His left arm had truly become something beyond human, infused with the essence of the Ice Jade Scorpion and the Ice God's Bone.

It wasn't just covered in armor; it had become the embodiment of Ultimate Ice, blending the organic, crystalline and an ultimate element in perfect harmony.

His arm was no longer human, he realized. Whether that was good or bad remained to be seen....

'....The seal is still intact, so how did it change my arm without any issues? And why?' Huo Yuhao inwardly pondered, his mind racing as he examined his transformed arm. The seal from the Ice God's Bone was supposed to regulate and limit the power within, yet this new development had occurred without any complications.

The seamless fusion of the Ice Jade Scorpion's power and the Ice God's essence was unexpected. It raised questions that Huo Yuhao wasn't sure he could immediately answer.

So he turned to the only people that could.

'Why didn't the seal prevent this evolution? And what triggered the change?' he asked, his voice transmitted in his spiritual sea and the small space in his dantian, while he flexed his fingers.

The crystalline limb pulsed with cold energy and Skydream's lazy voice sounded in his ears, 'To be honest with you, Yuhao, we're not clearly sure.'

'....We could only think that it might have developed some sort of instinctive reaction of wanting a better container,' Ice Empress added, her voice cool and analytical. 'The Ice God's Bone is powerful, but the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm soul bone offered it a vessel that could amplify and stabilize its energy. It's as though the Ice God's Bone sought out a stronger foundation to manifest its full potential.'

Huo Yuhao absorbed her words, feeling the truth in them. His arm had become more than just a human limb—now, it was an embodiment of Ultimate Ice, a force far beyond what he had anticipated.

'We really don't have much to go on,' Snow Empress interjected, sounding both amazed and frustrated. 'this is the first time any of us has seen this kind of situation, even the two old men aren't telling us anything.'

Indra and Electrolux both hummed in agreement. One almost has zero interaction with Gods while the other know and almost became one, but those who became Gods became a part of his world's laws. So the concept of a God's remains really didn't fall under either of their areas of expertise.

Skydream yawned and said, 'Haaa....If you really think about it, it sounds logical—who wants some weak human flesh as a container when you can have a stronger, more compatible vessel?'

'How could it be weak? I could easily carry around 1,000kg around each of my limbs!' Huo Yuhao grumbled.

'And by my estimations, that arm of yours now could easily carry 10,000kg of weight!' Skydream calmly retorted.

'.....'

Huo Yuhao sighed and decided to do a bit of a test of the arm's power.

Narrowing his eyes at a vase, a surge of ice elements converged around his fingers....with just a snap of his fingers, and he easily froze a vase a few meters away from him in an instant.

His eyes went wide. He couldn't do that so effortlessly before! He either had to use his martial soul or the Ice God's Legacy if he had to use Ultimate Ice, but using them costed him soul power while using his arm lets him borrow the ice elements in the area without tapping into his soul power. The realization stunned Huo Yuhao for a moment.

'This is more than just an increase in strength,' Huo Yuhao thought, his eyes still fixed on the frozen vase. 'It's like the ice itself is responding to me, without the need for my soul power.'

It reminded him of the time when he was back in the Extreme North and using the....Ice God's Legacy.

'This is....Quick! Yuhao, use the divine power of the Ice God's Bone!' Snow Empress urged suddenly, her voice sharp with urgency.

Huo Yuhao snapped out of his daze. He hesitated for a moment before complying with her request; as he also felt curious. He searched the divine power of the Ice God's Bone within the seal and drew upon it.

As he activated the Ice God's Legacy, the temperature in the room completely dropped to dangerous levels of chill.

Wang Dong'er and Ma Xiaotao, who had been watching over Huo Yuhao from the beginning, quickly retreated to a corner and huddled together, trembling as parts of their bodies suddenly started to turn ice.

Both quickly unleashed their respective martial souls, Ma Xiaotao created a firewall around them to temporarily fend off the cold before grabbing Wang Dong'er and flying straight of the window.

The two flapped their wings, keeping afloat in the air as they stared at the room they were just at in horror as the broken window was quickly covered with large ice crystals.

"S-senior sister Xiaotao.....w-what just happened....?!" Wang Dong'er shuddered, her teeth chattering from the residual cold that still clung to her.

One moment they saw Huo Yuhao complete his soul bone absorption, then he became absentminded and the temperature in the room dropped significantly!

"I-I don't know, but that was way too dangerous! Yuhao just.....basically exploded!" Ma Xiaotao stammered, the flames surrounding her like a cloak flickering as it fought against the biting chill. "I've never felt anything like that before from him."

"What should we do? Call for teacher Wang Yan?"

"....We don't have any choice. He's the only one right now who could help resolve the situation."

"No need," A familiar old voice interrupted from behind them, startling both Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong'er. They turned to see the figure of Elder Xuan, effortlessly standing in the air with his hands behind his back and a narrowed look on his face. "For I am here."

"Elder Xuan!"

Elder Xuan raised a hand and said, "Go to Little Yan and tell him about the situation, and that I have it handled."

Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong'er exchanged quick glances, both clearly relieved to see Elder Xuan. Without hesitation, they nodded and swiftly left the room, heading to inform Wang Yan as instructed.

Elder Xuan, still hovering in the air, turned his sharp gaze towards the room covered in Ultimate Ice. Walking up to the ice covered window, he place his hand against the ice.

'Such chill...His Ultimate Ice has grown stronger than before! So he really was telling the truth about his martial soul resonating with the embryo, but why has it triggered after he absorbed the soul bone? Hmm.' Elder Xuan closed his eyes and 

He might not be a pure spiritual-type soul master, but he refined his powers for decades to learn enough on how to use his spiritual power to sense others.

An invisible energy exuded out of his eyelids as Elder Xuan focused his spiritual power, letting it spread across the room like a silent wave.

He carefully examined the remnants of the Ultimate Ice energy lingering in the air, his mind probing for any clues that might explain the sudden surge in Huo Yuhao's power after absorbing the soul bone.

'The chill is almost unnatural, far beyond what most soul masters could achieve even with the Ultimate attribute,' Elder Xuan thought, his expression serious. 'It's more than just the Ice Jade Scorpion's soul bone….something deeper is at play here.'

If he didn't know any better...it was if the laws of heaven and earth were being invoked here.

As his spiritual energy probed further, Elder Xuan sensed a faint yet profound resonance—a connection between Huo Yuhao's martial soul and something ancient, something far more powerful than the Ice Jade Scorpion alone. It was as if the soul bone had acted as a catalyst, awakening an even greater force within Yuhao.

He absorbed with shock as he felt a soul shaking, powerful energy surging out of Huo Yuhao's left arm. It was an energy that he hadn't recognize before!

'No, wait....I feel like I've felt this sense of dread before, back when teacher En was at his prime...'

At that moment, Huo Yuhao was too concentrated on his left arm to notice Elder Xuan peeking at him. The higher dimensional energy of the God Bone circulated around his arm and then slowly throughout his body.

10%....30%....70%....80%!!

'Huh?! The divine power isn't rejecting much of my body anymore?' Huo Yuhao thought in surprise as he felt the divine power of the Ice God's Bone flowing more smoothly through him than ever before.

His body, which had previously resisted absorbing more than a fraction of the divine energy, which costed him a portion of his lifeforce if he wanted to use more of it, was now accommodating it with relative ease.

The surge of divine power coursing through his left arm and slowly spreading throughout his entire being was overwhelming but controlled—far more so than before.

'Incredible....!'

Elder Xuan's eyes widened as he observed the transformation. The energy emanating from Huo Yuhao was more than just immense soul power—it was divine, something far beyond the realm of ordinary soul masters.

The sense of dread that accompanied it was unmistakable, reminiscent of the kind of energy only seen in beings who had touched the divine.

'Did this boy...stumble across a legendary God Inheritance?!'

As Huo Yuhao continued to circulate the divine energy, he noticed that his body was now capable of handling much more of it than before. The power no longer felt like an overwhelming flood that threatened to consume him. Instead, it was becoming more a part of him, like an extension of his own strength.

'Could it be that my body is adapting to the divine power?' Huo Yuhao wondered. Then he sensed an abundance of life energy surrounding his body. 'Ah, no. I think my body's regeneration prowess is working to repair my body before any significant damages appear.'

He did have an astounding pain tolerance after all...

'....Yuhao, could you enter the small space for a moment...' At that moment, Snow Empress spoke up. But there was something off about her.

She spoke more softly, respectful even! Huo Yuhao was so shocked that it stunned him for a couple seconds before replying, 'Okay.'

Huo Yuhao closes his eyes and withdrew the divine power back into the seal—but the ice around the room still remained. He contemplated about it for a moment before deciding to melt it off later on, they didn't have any matches until tomorrow anyway.

He then changed his arm back to normal before transmitting his consciousness into the small space in his dantian; the small space took on the appearance of a ice palace now, and Huo Yuhao found himself in the throne room with the throne right behind him.

As he looked around to find Snow Empress....'S-Snow Empress?' Huo Yuhao stammered, looking down at the kneeling Snow Empress in disbelief.

Snow Empress lowered her head and said in a solemn tone of voice, 'The Heavenly Snow Woman, Snow Empress, greets our great God. Please forgive my previous rudeness towards you, my lord. I have been wholly ignorant and idiotic.'

'What's happening?! W-Why are you acting this way?'

'Why? My lord, I have simply been....enlightened,' Snow Empress said, placing her right hand on her large bosom, she smiled at him. 'I come before you to congratulate you on your succession....of your predecessor.'

'Succession...?' Huo Yuhao's eyes widened.

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